Italian 2026 Finance Bill – Key Tax Measures: Support for Middle and Low Incomes | Revision of IRPEF tax brackets | Abolition of reduced 21% rate on short term lettings | Baby bonus | Enhanced parental leave and nursery bonus | Social security exemption for working mothers | Increased deductions for private school expenses | Family endowment fund | First home mortgage guarantee fund | Support for food purchases | Energy-efficient appliance bonus | Cap on deductions for incomes over €75,000 | Exceptions for healthcare, mortgages, and startup investments | End of deductions for children over 30 (except disabled children) | “Hire more, pay less” tax deduction for new permanent hires | Reduced tax on productivity bonuses | Fringe benefit exemptions | Relocation support for new hires | Raised flat tax threshold for employees and pensioners | Reduced corporate tax (IRES) for reinvested profits | Tax credits for southern Italy investments | Enhanced “Nuova Sabatini” machinery financing | Support for SME stock market listings | Increased public investment in defense, infrastructure, and healthcare | Banking and Insurance | Deferred deductions for financial sector losses | Annual stamp duty on life insurance contracts

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Client 2020 Income Tax Information Collector

Using this form you can insert and upload your  information for your FY 2020 tax return (income received in the year to 31 December 2019 and assets held during the year).  The filings are handled by Nico Bolla, a member of our team, and your data will be handled correctly and in accordance with our […]

Tax Penalties and the Ravvedimento Operoso

The Ravvedimento Operoso Procedure derives from the Italian word which can be literally translated as “redemption” or “penitence”.   It is, however, in this context not a religious concept, but simply a procedure that allows taxpayers who have missed a deadline for payment, or who have underpaid tax, to pay the tax late, on their own […]

Stock options – the timing of the tax benefit

The Italian Tax Agency responding to a request for an official interpretation on the tax treatment of options (no. 23 of 5 February 2020) has set out its view of the moment in which stock options become taxable in the hands of employees working in Italy. This particular stock option plan  saw the grant of […]

Do I need to file an Italian Tax Return?

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The answer is most probably yes as the reader will desume from reading the instructions from the Italian tax return (these are from the 2023 return). The rules are complex and there are many exceptions and derogations. The rules can be summarised as follows, but with the caveat that one needs to check, starting from […]